DETAILED AGENDA

Regional symposium on the Integrated Approach for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

4­5 October 2016, Brasilia, Brazil.

Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

8:30 am to 9:00 am Registration of Participants

Official opening and welcome address 9:00 am to 10:00 am Ms. Suely Mara Vaz de Araú jo – President of IBAMA – Government of Brazil. Mr. Marcelo Cruz – Deputy Ministry of the Environment ­ Government of Brazil. Mr. Evandro Gussi – Federal Deputy of Brazil. Mr. Niky Fabiancic – UN Resident Coordinator in Brazil. Mr. Leo Heileman – Regional Director – UNEP’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Minister Herman Benjamin – Superior Tribunal de Justiça of Brazil. Minister Geddel Vieira ­ Secretary of Government – Government of Brazil.

Mr. Sarney Filho –Minister of Environment – Government of Brazil.

Session 1 – Integrated approach and policy coherence for Agenda 2030 10:00 am to 11:00 am Panel 1: Global Goals in Regional Focus – The Rio+20 legacies for advancing sustainable development in LAC. Moderator: Ms. Denise Hamu, Director of UNEP´s country office in Brazil. Keynote Address: Mr. Aron Belinky – Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Commentators: ● Mr. Jorge Abrahão – President ­ Ethos Institute. ● Ms. Nicole Leotaud – Executive Director – Caribbean Natural Resources Institute. ● Ms. Beatriz Martins Carneiro – Executive Secretary ­ UN Global Compact Network of Brazil. 11:00 am to 11:30 am Coffee break 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Panel 2: Integrated policy making towards the 2030 Agenda – A development imperative Moderator: Ambassador Fernando Coimbra – Head of Office for International Affairs – Ministry of the Environment of Brazil. ● Mr. Mario Ruiz – Technical National Planning Secretary – Government of Paraguay. A rticulation of SDGs in the National Development Plan . ● Mr. Henrique Villa de Costa Ferreira –National Secretary of Social Coordination – Secretariat of Government – Government of Brazil – Stakeholders consultation and involvement. ● Ms. Maria Virginia Cajiao – Commissioner of the Presidential Council on Environment ­ Government of Costa Rica. Integrated approach in national planning. ● Ms. Nadine Brown – Sustainable Development and Regional Planning Division – Planning Institute of Jamaica. Vision 2030 and the SDGs.

● Mr. Carlos Andrés Alape ­ Colombia – Ministry of Environment – Government of Colombia. Advances in Planning for the 2030 Agenda and mainstreaming the environmental dimension. 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Lunch

Session 2 – Sustainable development in practice in LAC 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm Messages from the field: Introduction to experiences and compilation process. Ms. Piedad Martin – Regional Development Coordination Officer – UNEP. 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm Experiences in focus: Parallel sessions. 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm a. Integration of innovation and technology. (Auditorium) Moderator: Mr. Juan Bello. Division of Early Warning and Assessment Regional Coordinator­ UNEP. ● Brazil­ Agua Doce Programme. Mr. Renato Saraiva – Director of Revitalization of Hydrographic Basins – Secretariat of Water Resources and Urban Environment. ● Honduras – Quesungual – Mr. José María Bonilla Argueta – Director –

Technical Community Institute of Honduras. ● Costa Rica – ACTUAR – Mr. Jefrey Villanueva – President – Conservationist Association of Rural and Alternative Community Tourism.

● Grenada – Ms. Kadijah Edwards ­ Rain water harvesting at the Grenada School for Special Education ­ Technical Officer UNDP ICCAS Project.

2:30 pm to 3:45 pm b. Integration among sectors: approaches to coherence (Meeting room) Moderator: Mr. José Dallo. Director of South Cone Subregional Office. UNEP. ● Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – G reening Safe Hospitals ­ Mr. David Latchman – Head of Planning ­ Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment. ● Brazil – Bolsa Verde Programme­ Ms. Juliana Simões ­ Secretary of Extractivism and Sustainable Rural Development – Ministry of the

Environment. ● El Salvador ­ Municipal synergies – Mr. José Antonio Torres – General Manager – Asociación Municipios Los Nonualcos. 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm Coffee break 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm a. Integrating finance (Auditorium) Moderator: Ms. Dolores Barrientos. Director of UNEP´s Mexico Office ● Chile ­ Healthy air and green taxation – Mr. Marcelo Fernández ­ Centro Mario Molina. ● Ecuador ­ Water funds– Mr. Bert de Bievre – Technical Secretary ­ Water Fund of Quito (FONAG). ● Colombia – BANCO2 – Mr. Jaime Andrés García Urrea – Executive Director – Corporación Más Bosques. b. Integration of stakeholders 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm Moderator: Ms. Esther Corral. SDG Coordinator in UNEP´s Brazil Office (Meeting room)

● Cuba ­ Recycling Cooperatives – Ms. Ileana Saborit – Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment. ● Bolivia ­ AFIN National forest association – Mr. Rolando Vargas Nina – General Manager – Asociación Forestal Indígena Nacional. ● Trinidad & Tobago ­ G reen Market of Santa Cruz ­ Ms. Vicki Assevero – Founder and Executive Director – Green Market of Santa Cruz

5:30 pm to 6:00 pm Conclusions from the four sessions and closure of the day. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Reception Cocktail.

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Session 3 – A toolkit for an integrated approach 9:00 am to 9:45 am Panel 1: The SDGs as a network of targets: innovation and integration for synergistic action. Moderator: Mr. Rodrigo Rodríguez – Chief Cabinet Advisor. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Argentina. Participants: ● Ms. Raquel Breda – Director of Department – Ministry of the Environment ­ Government of Brazil. Sustainable consumption and production: SDG 12 and more.

● Mr. Carlos Tamayo – General Manager – Solidaridad y Desarrollo Empresarial (EDPYME) – Peru. Microfinance for Ecosystem Based Adaptation: SDG 13 and more. ● Ms. Elsa Guevara de Melchor – President of Municipal Association of Los Nonualcos and Major of Santa Maria Ostuma. SDGs at the local level.

9:45 am to 11:00 am Interactive plenary: Gap Analysis: Institutional shifts needed to advance SDGs in a consistent manner and integrate socio­economic­environmental aspects into development policies and strategies. 11:00 am to 11:30 am Coffee break 11:30 am to 12:30 am Panel 2: Science­policy dialogue: ways of using science and data to inform SDG implementation, follow­up and review process at national and regional levels. Moderator: Juan Bello. ● Mr. Juan Bello – Division of Early Warning and Assessment Regional Coordinator ­ UNEP. O pen Science and information to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda with an integrated approach. ● Mr. Víctor Romero – Department of Socioeconomic Analysis of SIUBEN – Government of Dominican Republic. The Environmental Vulnerability Index applied to social policy.

● Mr. Adolfo Ayuso­Audry – Deputy General Director – National SDG Committee – Office of the President of Mexico. M exico´s monitoring of the implementation of the SDGs . 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Lunch

Session 4 – Participation for Agenda 2030 – South­South and Triangular Cooperation 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Panel 1: Fostering opportunities for partnerships. Moderator: Ambassador María Jacqueline Mendoza – General Secretary –Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization. Participants: ● Mr. Brian Francis. Director of Economic Affairs & Regional Integration –OECS. The role of subregional cooperation mechanisms. ● Mr. Andrés F. Zuluaga – Sustainable Cattle Ranching project director – FEDEGAN. The private sector as a catalyst of sustainability. ● Mr. Ignacio Fígoli – Renewable Energies Advisor ­ National Energy Direction – Government of Uruguay. P artnerships for sustainable transformation: the energy transition in Uruguay.

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Panel 2: Views on financing and technical assistance for the 2030 Agenda. Moderator: Mrs. Ligia Castro – Director – Andean Development Corporation

(CAF). The role of financial institutions on the SDGs implementation. Participants: ● Ms. Aud Marit Wiig – Embassador of Norwey in Brazil. ● Minister Andrea Watson– Deputy Director ­ Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC). ● Ms. Priscilla Miranda – Director of International Cooperation for

Development Forums in the Multilateral Forums Coordination of the Mexican International Cooperation Agency for Development (AMEXCID). 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm Coffee break Interactive plenary ­ Needs and opportunities for regional cooperation to foster 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm the integrated approach in the implementation of the SDGs.

5:30 pm to 6:00 pm Official Closure Ms. Denise Hamu – Director – UNEP Office in Brazil. Ambassador Fernando Coimbra – Head of Office for International Affairs – Ministry of the Environment of Brazil. Ms. Rúbia Auxiliadora Constancio – General Coordinator at National Secretary of Social Coordination – Government of Brazil. Mr. Edson Duarte ­ Secretary for Institutional Coordination and Environmental Citizenship – Ministry of Environment – Government of Brazil.